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Live Chat: Autism's New Frontiers

Anne Jovanovic blows bubbles with her five-year-old son Mica, who has been diagnosed with autism. Some experts now contend that while autism involves the brain, it is actually a collection of problems that affects the whole body, from molecules to organs.

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In 2012, Ottawa Citizen health and medical reporter Pauline Tam won a fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, a federal funding agency, that allowed her to travel to leading research centres across the continent to produce a project on the new thinking about autism. Please join us for a discussion of the issues raised in Pauline Tam's series with Pauline and a panel of autism experts: Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, a child neurologist and autism researcher at Toronto's Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Tammy Starr, mother of Carly Fleischmann, co-author of the recent book, Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism. As a toddler, Carly was diagnosed with severe autism but at age 10 began to communicate through a laptop. She has since become an ambassador for others with autism, promoting public awareness about autism around the world. Ask questions and share your own experiences in our chat. Be a part of our discussion, Monday at 1 p.m. ET.

Anne Jovanovic blows bubbles with her five-year-old son Mica, who has been diagnosed with autism. Some experts now contend that while autism involves the brain, it is actually a collection of problems that affects the whole body, from molecules to organs.